I never really looked for Grain Belt before, probably because in my younger days I was quite the “home team” drinker (wanting to stick with Wisconsin beers). But I’ve tried Grain Belt/Schell’s beers when they’ve been available while I’m out. Here’s my list of Grain Belt / Schell’s beers as rated on the social beer app that shall not be named: Grain Belt Blu - 4.1 Grain Belt Nordeast - 3.5 Grain Belt Premium - 3.5 Schell’s Oktoberfest- 3.2 Schell’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Porter - 3.1 The way I rate, 3 and above means I’d drink it again. The closer to 4 or higher, the more likely I am to buy it for home consumption. So I actually have some Blu at home right now, based on a stranger’s recommendation. Unfortunately, I can only drink it in the early afternoon because the juice in it makes it difficult for me to sleep. As for the others, it’s been 5 years or so since I’ve had them so it might be time to try them again. Cheers!
I agree with this - mainly because it's said in a way that means the speaker has the ability to definitively determine what beer tastes like. Ask people in parts of Belgium or parts of Germany and they will give you a different, definitive answer and they are all wrong. Everyone. Them. You. Me. A better exposition of what I would have argued had I not seen it first and actually gone a more succinct route above. That said, I know it almost always means AALs in the context I hear it. If I were force to give an answer, I would stare into the barrel of that gun and defiantly say... I mean definitely say, "American Pale Ale" And I'd be wrong.
I'm sipping on another Prost Pilsner and to me, it damn well fits the subject of this thread. As do many other Pilsners, Pale Ales, Brown Ales and the list goes on and on. Wild/Fruity/Sour beers are the major deviants but you all know that.
When I snuck into Grandma's kitchen and took a bottle or two from Grandpa's case of empties to drink the last few drops drops in them is how I define beer taste. IOW I agree with those above who said Pale Lagers or AALs are what beer tastes like.
Just shooting from the hip here. But among other things mentioned, like “no fruit”, or “earliest memories of tasting beer”. I reckon to guess most people would likely define “beer flavored beer” as: • Made with a lightly toasted, mostly barley malt. • Made with a conservative amount of Noble Hops. This even if they didn’t know what “Noble Hops” or barley malt was, not even going to mention Ale or Lager yeast, or particular styles. If you lined up a row of beer glasses to toast and asked random people to taste and choose the “beer flavored beer” I’ll bet very few people would pick any dark beer, hoppy beer, cloyingly sweet beer, sour beer, or fruity beer.
If we have to have a common definition, I’d go with pale ales If the other half of the world needs their definition, that would be AALs
It's a good thing that our grandpa's weren't bothered with draining those returnables and rinsing them like I do for recyclable bottles nowadays.
Oh yes it does. Have you ever taken a drink of beer with some bread in your mouth? It spikes the flavor of the beer, so that's a great value. I usually always have food with my beer and I've noticed it happens with some other foods too. Give it a try.
The corollary to that might be "Beer will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no beer."
